Chicken Gyoza

Plate with dumplings, chopsticks and some dipping sauce

Chicken Fried Gyoza

Tasty chicken pan-fried dumplings
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 36 dumplings
Calories 450 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dumplings

  • 140 g drained water chestnuts
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • 3 spring onions finely sliced
  • 3 leaves cabbage finely sliced
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • ½ tsp MSG
  • 36 gyoza wrappers

Dipping Sauce

  • 4 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
  • ½ tsp mirin
  • ¼ tsp sesame oil

Instructions
 

Dumplings

  • Add the water chestnuts, ginger and garlic to a food processor and pulse until well chopped then transfer to a large bowl.
  • Cut the chicken breasts in to large pieces, then pulse in the food processor in batches until minced. Add to the large bowl.
  • Add the remaining ingredients apart from the wrappers to the bowl, and mix well to combine.
  • Place 2 teaspoons of mixture in the centre of a wrapper. Make sure to not overfill.
  • Wet the edges with the tip of your finger dipped in water. Fold wrapper around filling like a taco and only on one side. Fold and crimp edges; scalloped all the way across. Seal completely. Place on to a large plate dusted with corn flour.
  • Repeat with remaining wrappers.

Dipping Sauce

  • Combine all the ingredients and whisk together.

Cooking

  • Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot and shimmering, add gyoza in a circular pattern all the way across the pan. Make sure they are not touching. Leave in the pan to sear for 2-3 minutes or until the bottoms begin to brown.
  • Take a ¼ cup of water and add it directly into the pan, generating steam. Immediately cover with the lid, reducing the heat to medium. Let steam for 3 minutes until no water remains.
  • Bring heat back up to medium-high and reduce the water out or until the bottoms are nice and crisp.
  • Remove from the pan and serve with sauce.